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The Great Friday Quiz - The Answers

1 - Who scored the opening goal of the tournament?
Vaclav Sverkos for the Czechs against the Swiss

2 - Who scored the two late goals against the Czech Republic that took Turkey through to the quarter-finals?
Nihat Kahveci

3 - And which outfield player went in goal after keeper Volkan Demirel was sent off in that game?
Tuncay Sanli

4 - How many Chelsea players started Portugal's opening two games?
Three - Paulo Ferreira, Jose Bosingwa and Ricardo Carvalho. No points if you were a smartarse and added Deco

5 - And which one of those players also started the third game against Switzerland?
Ferreira

6 - Who scored the goals for Croatia in their 2-1 win over Germany?
Darijo Srna and Ivica Olic

7 - At present, how many of Croatia's squad will be playing in the Premier League next season?
Three - Vedran Corluka, Niko Kranjcar and Luka Modric

8 - How many German-born players scored for Germany in Group B?
One - Michael Ballack

9 - When was the last time no hosts were involved in the knock-out stages of the Euros?
It's never happened. Belgium were knocked out in 2000, but co-hosts Holland made it through to the semi-finals

10 - How many goals did Holland score in Group C?
Nine - three v Italy, four v France and two v Romania

11 - How many changes did Marco van Basten make for the final group game against Romania?
Nine - only Orlando Engelaar and Khalid Boularouz remained from the first two games

12 - How many players were in the France squads for both Euro 2008 and World Cup 1998?
Three - Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Lilian Thuram

13 - How many of the Italian squad play for Serie A champions Inter?
One - Marco Materazzi

14 - Who missed the Romania penalty that could have put Italy out in the second Group C game?
Adrian Mutu

15 - Who does sought-after Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin play his club football for?
Zenit St Petersburg

16 - Who scored Greece's only goal in the competition?
Angelos Charisteas

17 - Who scored the goals for Spain's reserves against Greece?
Dani Guiza and Ruben de la Red

18 - One team didn't score any goals from open play - who was that?
Austria - their only strike was from an Ivica Vastic penalty

19 - Seven English-based players scored in the group stages - name them.
There were seven - Luka Modric, Cesc Fabregas, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dirk Kuyt, Robin van Persie, Fernando Torres and Michael Ballack

20 - Who were the only team not to pick up a point in the groups?
Greece